PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT

CLASS XII

1) Plot a graph showing the variation of Coulomb's force (F) versus 1/r², where r is the
distance between the two charges of each pair of charges (1 µC, 2 μC) and (1 µC, – 3
µC). Interpret the graphs obtained.
2) A charge q is placed at the centre of the line joining two equal charges (Q). Show
that the system of three charges will be in equilibrium, if q = -Q/4.
3) An uncharged metallic ball is suspended in the region between two vertical metal
plates. If the two plates are charged, one positively and one negatively, then
describe the motion of the ball after it is brought into contact with one of the plates.
4) Consider three charges Q1,Q2, Q3 each equal to Q at the vertices of an equilateral
triangle of side a. What is the force on a charge q (with the same sign as q) placed at
the centroid of the triangle?
5) An oil drop of 12 excess electrons is held stationary under a constant electric field
of 2.55 * 10 ^ 4 * N / C in Millikan's oil drop experiment. The density of the oil is 126g
/ c * m ^ 3 Estimate the radius of the drop. (Take, g = 9.81 * m / s ^ 2 e = 1.6 * 10 ^ -
19 * C ) .
6) A free pith-ball of 8 g carries a positive of 5 * 10 ^ - 8 * C What must be the nature
and magnitude of charge that should be given to a second pith-ball fixed 5 cm
vertically below the former pith-ball, so that the upper pith-ball is stationary?
7) The dielectric constant of water is 80. What is its permittivity?
8) Two equal balls having equal positive charge q coulombs are suspended by two
insulating strings of equal length. What would be the effect on the force when a
plastic sheet is inserted between the two?
9) Two point charges having equal charges separated by 1 m distance experience a
force of 8 N. What will be the force experienced by them, if they are held in water, at
the same distance? (Given, K water =80)
10) A charge q = 1microC is placed at point (1 m, 2 m, 4 m). Find the electric field at
point P(0m, -4m, 3m)
11) An infinite number of charges each equal to q are placed along X-axis at x = 1,x = 2, x
= 4, x = 8 and so on. Find the electric field at the point x = 0 due to this set up of
charges.
12) The opposite corners of a square carry Q charge each and the other two opposite
corners of the same square carry q charge each. If the resultant force on q is zero,
how are Q and q related?
13) (i) Two insulated charged copper spheres A and B have their centres separated by a
distance of 50 cm. What is the mutual force of electrostatic repulsion, if the charge
 oneach is 6.5 x 10-7C and the radii of A and B are negligible compared to the
distance of separation?
(ii) What is the force of repulsion, if each sphere is charged double the above
amount and the distance between them is halved?
14) Two charges q_{1} and q_{2} of 0.1 µµC and - 0.1 μμC respectively are 10Å apart.
What is the electric field at a point on the line joining them at a distance of 10 cm
from their mid-point?
15) Two charges plus/minus 10 * mu*C are placed 5 mm apart. Determine the electric
field at
(i) a point P on the axis of dipole 15 cm away from its centre O on the side of the
positive charge
(ii) a point Q, 15 cm away from centre O on a line passing through centre O and
normal to axis of the dipole as
16) An electric dipole consists of two opposite charges each of magnitude 1 * 10 ^ - 6 *
C separated by 2 cm. The dipole is placed in an external uniform field of 1 * 10 ^ 5
N/C. Find (i) the maximum torque exerted by the field on the dipole, (ii) the work
which an external agent will have to do in turning the dipole through 180° starting
from the position, theta = 0 deg
17) An infinite line charge produces a field of 9 * 10 ^ 4 * N * C ^ - 1 at a distance of 4
cm. Calculate the linear charge density.
18) A cylinder of large length carries a charge of 2 * 10 ^ - 8 * C * m ^ - 1 Find the electric
field at a distance of 0.2 m from it.
19) An infinitely long wire is stretched horizontally 4 metre above the surface of the
earth. It carries a charge 1µC per cm of its length. Calculate its electric field at a
point on the earth's surface vertically below the wire.
20) Two large metal plates each of area 1m ^ 2 are placed facing each other at a
distance of 10 cm and carry equal and opposite charges on their faces. If the
electric field between the plates is 100N * C ^ - 1 find the charge on each plate.
21) An electron is revolving around a long line charge having charge density 2 * 10 ^ - 8 *
C * m ^ - 1 Find the kinetic energy of the electron, assuming that it is independent of
the radius of electron's orbit.
22) 4. Given a uniform electric field vec E =5*10^ 3 hat iN * C ^ - 1 find the flux of this
field through a square of 10 cm on a side whose plane is parallel to the Y-Z plane.
What would be the flux through the same square if the plane makes a 30 deg angle
with the X-axis ?
23) A point charge of 17.7 µC is located at the centre of a cube of side 0.03 m. Find the
electric flux through each face of the cube.
24) A spherical Gaussian surface encloses a charge of 8.85 * 10 ^ - 8 * C (i) Calculate
the electric flux passing through the surface. (ii) If the radius of the Gaussian surface
is doubled, how would the flux change?
25) . Consider a uniform electric field vec E =3*10^ 3 hat iN * C ^ - 1 Calculate the flux of
this field through a square surface of area 10c * m ^ 2 when

(i) its plane is parallel to the y - z plane, and

(ii) the normal to its plane makes a 60 deg angle with the x-axs.
26) Two point charges + 10 µC and 10 µC are separated by a distance of 2.0 cm in air. (1)
Calculate the potential energy of the system, assuming the zero of the potential
energy to be at infinity. (ii) Draw an equipotential surface of the system.
27) Two point charges A and B of values + 15 µC and + 9 µC are kept 18 cm apart in air.
Calculate the work done when charge B is moved by 3cm towards A
28) Two point charges 20 * 10 ^ - 6 * C and - 4 * 10 ^ - 6 * C are separated by a distance
of 50 cm in air. (1) Find the point on the line joining the charges, where the electric
potential is zero. (ii) Also find the electrostatic potential energy of the system.
29) Two charges, of magnitude 5 nC and - 2nC, are placed at points (2 cm, 0, 0) and (x
cm, 0, 0) in a region of space, where there is no other external field. If the
electrostatic potential energy of the system is – 0.5 µJ, what is the value of x ?
30) A capacitor of unknown capacitance is connected across a battery of V volt. The
charge stored in it is 360µC. When potential across the capacitor is reduced by 120
V, the charge stored in it becomes 120 μC.
(i) Calculate the potential V and the unknown capacitance C.
(ii) What will be the charge stored in the capacitor, if the voltage applied had
increased by 120 V?
31) Two parallel plate capacitors X and Y have the same area of plates and same
separation between them, X has air between the plates while Y contains a dielectric
medium of epsilon_{r} = 4

(i) Calculate the capacitance of each capacitor, if equivalent capacitance of

(ii) Calculate the potential difference between the plates of X and Y

(ii) Estimate the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in X and Y.

32) Two capacitors of unknown capacitances C_{1} and C_{2} are connected first in
series and then in parallel across a battery of 100 V. If the energy stored in the two
 combinations is 0.045 J and 0.25 J respectively, then determine the value of C_{1}
and C_{2} Also, calculate the charge on each capacitor in parallel combination.
33) If two parallel plate capacitors A and B are connected in series combination with
the same supply voltage, the capacitor A has air in between its plates while B has
dielectric of dielectric constant 4, then
(i) determine the capacitance of each capacitor, if the equivalent capacitance of the
combination is 4µF.
(ii) what is the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in A and B ?
34) The electric potential at 0.1 m from a point charge is + 50 V. What is the magnitude
and sign of the charge?
35) . Two charges 5 * 10 ^ - 8 C and - 3 * 10 ^ - 8 Care located 16 cm apart. At what point
(s) on the line joining the two charges is the electric potential zero? Take the
potential at infinity to be zero.
36) A regular hexagon of side 10 cm has a charge 5 µC at each of its vertices. Calculate
the potential at the centre of the hexagon.
37) . A charge of 8 mC is located at the origin. Calculate the work done in taking a small
charge of - 2 * 10 ^ - 9 * C from a point P(0, 0, 3) (in cm) to a point Q (0, 4, 0) (in cm),
via a point R (0, 6, 9) (in cm).
38) Three point charges q_{1} + 2q and Qare placed at the three vertices of an
equilateral triangle. Find the value of charge Q (in terms of q), so that electric
potential energy of the system is zero.
39) An electron (charge= - e ) is placed at each of the eight corners of a cube of side a
and an a-particle (charge=+ 2e ) at the centre of the cube. Calculate the potential
energy of the system.
40) Find the amount of work done in arranging the three point charges, on the vertices of
an equilateral triangle ABC, of side 10 cm.